You thought you were safe from the nightmares on Elm Street…well not anymore!

The man of your dreams (Robert Englund) returns THIS HALLOWEEN — (YES 2014!) — to cause new nightmares for Gen-Y in new psycho-chiller ‘Last Showing’.

I know I’m THRILLED!

Plot centers around Stuart Lloyd — a cinema projectionist ‘Lifer’ played by Englund who goes out exacting revenge on the new gen of movie-goers when he’s laid off at the multiplex due to his outdated skill set.

Using CCTV cams, Stuart creates his own Horror film using real people he ‘stalks’ off the street for a very *special* midnight screening…

‘Last Showing’ was recently acquired by SONY Pictures Home Entertainment for a UK release — BUT: RUMOR HAS IT ALL U.S. territories have also been acquired — sooo…here’s hoping this new nightmare SCARES AUDIENCES BACK INTO THEATRES.

I know I’m THERE!

Written & directed by Phil Hawkins — starring ‘Horror Legend” Robert Englund (aka: Freddy Krueger) — Brit actors Finn Jones (Game of Thrones) & Emily Berrington (24, The White Queen) — ‘The Last Showing’ hits London screens as the OFFICIAL SELECTION AT FRIGHTFEST ON AUGUST 22ND (!!!) and world-wide screens on VOD August 25th followed by DVD in November -December.

*Frightfest 2014 runs August 21-25 @ ONE OF MY FAVE LONDON CINEMAS: Vue West End Cinema Leicester Square.

Until then…check out the sweet trailer:

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Los Angeles — With Sundance Film Fest just hours from lighting up screens — there’s something more perceptibly INDIE about this year’s line-up than usual (hitting the big 3-0maybe?)— surely adding to all the merrymaking that marks the annual film festivities.

Here’s my Top 10 film picks that will everyone buzzing in 2014:

1.) Cooties

Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion
Cast: Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Jack McBrayerTHE BUZZ: Already bought by UPI for territories including the U.K. & Germany — ‘Cooties’ is pegged as the breakout hit of the midnight section — plot centers around a mysterious virus that breaks out in a remote elementary school transforming students into freak zombies…

2.) Dear White People
Director: Justin Simien
Cast: Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, Dennis HaysbertTHE BUZZ: A satire centered around four Black students attending an Ivy League College in the midst of a riot caused by a popular ‘African American’ themed party on campus.

4.) God’s Pocket
Director: John Slattery
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks, John TurturroTHE BUZZ: Wow — WHAT A CAST — based on the 1983 novel by National Book Award Winning author — Pete Dexter — this drama stars Hoffman as a man whose son dies in a supposed accident in the gritty blue-collar neighborhood of ‘God’s Pocket’.

5.) Laggies
Director: Lynn Shelton
Cast: Keira Knightley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Sam RockwellTHE BUZZ: A bit more commercial fare — this dark Dramedy stars Keira Knightley as a commitment-phobe who runs off to hang out with a 16-year old friend to stall on her decision after her boyfriend’s marriage proposal. Sounds quirky.

6.) Life Itself
Director: Steve JamesTHE BUZZ: A heartrending documentary shot during the last four months of Roger Ebert’s life. Bring the tissue.

Director: Craig Johnson
Cast: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson, Ty BurrellTHE BUZZ: Estranged sibling twins cheat death on the same day without knowing it — karmic forces bring them back together to do some bitter-sweet soul-searching — especially about their love lives.

Click HERE: http://youtu.be/AnfPH8_e-jc to hear filmmaker Craig Johnson talk about his film ‘Skeleton Twins‘ premiering in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

9.) Song One
Director: Kate Barker-Froyland
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Johnny Flynn, Mary SteenburgenTHE BUZZ: A touching drama set against the Brooklyn music scene sees Anne Hathaway play a woman who’s been estranged from her family but returns home after her brother suffers an accident that leaves in a coma — grasping to fill in the void left by time — she retraces her brother’s life as an aspiring musician and tracks down his favorite musician to vicariously make up for lost time through music. Definitely bring the tissue.

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Los Angeles — Sam Worthington & Zoe Saldana will return to the joys & perils of Pandora in the next three sequels of “Avatar”.

They will reprise their roles as Jake & Neytiri — along Sigourney Weaver as Dr. Grace Augustine — and Stephen Lang, reprising his role as Colonel Miles Quaritch despite his annihilation in the first installment.

James Cameron returns to Direct & Produce — (with his own ‘Lightstorm Entertainment’ in partnership with 20th Century Fox) — along with his producing partner — Jon Landau.

Scribes Josh Friedman (“War of the Worlds”), Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver (“Rise of the Planets of the Apes”), and Shane Salerno (“Savages,” “Salinger”) are also set to collaborate with him on the screenplays for “Avatar 2,” “Avatar 3″ and “Avatar 4.”

Like Peter Jackson — Cameron intends to film the Avatar sequels in HFR — as recently seen in Jackson’s film — The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

A deal made with the New Zealand government includes at least one world première would be held in Wellington and that at least $500 million NZD (approximately $410 million USD at December 2013 exchange rates) would be spent on production activity in New Zealand, including live-action filming and visuals effects by Peter Jackson’s W E T A Workshop.

Production is scheduled for October 2014 with the 1st sequel to street in December 2016 — the 2nd sequel to street in December 2017 — and the 3rd sequel streeting in 2018.

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